Softball Drops Pair To Lehigh To Kick-Off Season

Sunday, February 28

10:30 am

Sacred Heart

0-1

Lehigh

1-0

Lehigh

Sacred Heart

Softball Drops Pair To Lehigh To Kick-Off Season

2/28/2021 12:00:00 AM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

FAIRFIELD, Conn.- Home softball in February began for the Sacred Heart University softball team as the Pioneers dropped both opening games to Lehigh 10-1 (6) and 8-1 this afternoon.

Team Records

Sacred Heart University Pioneers (0-2 overall, 0-0 NEC)

Lehigh Mountain Hawks (2-0 overall, 0-0 Patriot League)

Game 1

Score: Lehigh 10, SHU 1 (6 innings)

Of Note

First-year Emily Carroll put the Pioneers ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the second with her first career hit and first career homer as she belted one to left field.
After the Pioneers' early lead, the rest of the scoring came from Lehigh as a four-run top half of the third which included a three-run home-run would put the Mountain Hawks right back in lead at 4-1.
A two-run homer in the fifth followed by a three-run sixth inning would give Lehigh the 10-1 victory in six innings.
SHU was held to just four hits in the opening game with two coming off the bat of Emily Carroll.

Game 2

Score: Lehigh 8, SHU 1

Of Note

Lehigh jumped on the board first in the second game with a three-run double by Brooke Cannon to put Lehigh ahead 3-0 in the top of the second inning.
Junior Alyssa Gonzalez answered in the bottom half of the inning with her first homer of the season to narrow the Lehigh lead to 3-1.
Then the Mountain Hawks began to pull away in the top of the fourth as they scored two more runs off an RBI triple and run scored off a steal to give Lehigh a 5-1 lead.
After a scoreless bottom half for SHU in the fourth Lehigh tacked on three more runs off a two-RBI triple followed by an RBI single to second to give Lehigh the 8-1 victory.

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